CHANDIGARH/SHIMLA: The northern states of
Punjab,
Haryana, and
Himachal Pradesh reported 12,922 new cases of
Covid-19 on Sunday along with 107 deaths.
With 4,957 more people infected, Punjab on Sunday recorded its highest single-day spike of the pandemic, counting even the last year. The state also recorded 68 deaths. The state’s 3,477 cases on April 12 had climbed to 4,333 by April 15 and 4,498 by April 17. The death toll has reached 7,902 and cases count 3,00,038. On Sunday, 3,141 patients were discharged and 46,695 swab samples were collected for testing.
Mohali district had the highest number of cases at 880, followed by Amritsar (742), Ludhiana (686), Jalandhar (445), and Patiala (379). The state had 34,190 active cases. It vaccinated 69,733 people on Sunday, taking its number of the inoculated to 24,19,076. Also, 7,018 healthcare and frontline workers, besides 56,101 people above 45, got their first dose. Also, 986 healthcare and frontline workers, besides 5,628 people above 45, got their second shot.
Mohali district recorded the highest positivity rate of 36.53%, followed by Fazilka (24.26%) and Amritsar (16.35%). There were eight major containment zones in six districts — Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ropar, Gurdaspur, Patiala and Hoshiarpur — with 16,785 caged people.
Haryana recorded 7,177 cases, 29 fatalities, and 34,89 recoveries. Gurugram’s daily count continues to exceed 2,000, while Kaithal reported least cases at 12 along with the state’s maximum deaths at 4. After Gurugram and Faridabad, which reported the highest cases, Sonipat, Hisar, and Karnal reported more than 500 each, their record for a single-day spike.
Haryana’s Covid tally has reached 3,56,971, with 3,11,339 recoveries, 3,415 deaths, and 42,217 active cases. The count of level-3 patients on oxygen or ventilator support in the state has reached 534. Kaithal’s four deaths were followed by three each in Jind, Yamunanagar, Hisar, and Faridabad districts, two each in Gurugram, Ambala, Karnal, Sirsa, Bhiwani, and Fatehabad districts, while another in Kurukshetra. Gurugram reported day’s highest 2,401 cases, taking its tally to 81,739, including 378 deaths and 12,195 active cases. Faridabad reported second-highest 998 cases with a tally of 55,748, which includes 442 deaths and 5,197 active cases.
Sonepat reported third-highest 573 cases and an overall count of 19,463. Hisar reported 521 cases and Karnal 501. Jind reported 230 cases and Ambala 221. Sirsa logged 214 cases and Panipat 208. Kurukshetra received 193 cases and Bhiwani 180, Panchkula 179, Yamunanagar 171, Rohtak 145, Fatehabad 126, and Jhajjar 117. The remaining six districts reported fewer than 100 cases, with the least 12 from Kaithal.
Haryana’s positivity rate climbed to 5.23%, while the recovery rate dipped further to 87.22%. The day’s 43,883 samples took the overall testing figure to 68,53,496 with a testing rate of 2,70,355 tests per million per day.
Haryana’s vaccination count on Sunday reached 31,88,319, since 31,579 people took the shot. Of them, 500 were first doses and 8,079 second.
Himachal Pradesh reported 10 Covid-19 deaths, 788 new cases, and 526 patients. Five deaths were reported from Kangra, two from Shimla, and one each from Sirmaur, Kinnaur and Mandi.
The state has reported 76,375 positive cases, of which 8,696 are active, 66,479 recovered, and 1,177 dead. Of the total new cases, maximum were reported from Kangra, Mandi and Solan. On Sunday, 8,677 samples were tested. So far, of the 13,86,599 tests, 13,04,810 were negative and the results of 5,414 samples are awaited.
Solan district report 171 news cases, Kangra 133, Mandi 108, Sirmaur 93, Kullu 72, Una 67, Hamirpur 66, Chamba 33, Shimla 21, Lahaul-Spiti and Bilaspur 11 each, and Kinnaur two. Total first doses reached 10,99,809 and total second doses 37,960.